Greinar- HÍ: Síðast bætt við

  • Oudin, Anna; Åström, Daniel Oudin; Asplund, Peter; Steingrimsson, Steinn; Szabo, Zoltan; Carlsen, Hanne Krage (Springer Nature, 2018-01-10)
    Background: Air pollution is one of the leading causes of mortality and morbidity worldwide. Experimental studies, and a few epidemiological studies, suggest that air pollution may cause acute exacerbation of psychiatric disorders, and even increase ...
  • Qiu, Chengxuan; Ding, Jie; Sigurðsson, Sigurður; Fisher, Diana E.; Zhang, Qian; Eiriksdottir, Gudny; Klein, Ronald; van Buchem, Mark A.; Gudnason, Vilmundur; Cotch, Mary Frances; Launer, Lenore J. (Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health), 2017-12-13)
    Objective To test the hypothesis that age-related macular degeneration (AMD) and retinal microvascular signs are differentially associated with lobar and deep cerebral microbleeds (CMBs). Methods CMBs in lobar regions indicate cerebral amyloid ...
  • Jóhannsdóttir, Vilborg; Ingólfsdóttir, Jóna Guðbjörg (UCL Press, 2018-09-28)
    The profession of social pedagogues (SPs) in Iceland provides services for a diverse group of people, particularly disabled people of all ages within variety of community settings with inclusive and rights-based practices as their primary professional ...
  • Turchin, Peter; Currie, Thomas E.; Whitehouse, Harvey; François, Pieter; Feeney, Kevin; Mullins, Daniel; Hoyer, Daniel; Collins, Christina; Grohmann, Stephanie; Savage, Patrick; Mendel-Gleason, Gavin; Turner, Edward; Dupeyron, Agathe; Cioni, Enrico; Reddish, Jenny; Levine, Jill; Jordan, Greine; Brandl, Eva; Williams, Alice; Cesaretti, Rudolf; Krueger, Marta; Ceccarelli, Alessandro; Figliulo-Rosswurm, Joe; Tuan, Po-Ju; Peregrine, Peter; Marciniak, Arkadiusz; Preiser-Kapeller, Johannes; Kradin, Nikolay; Korotayev, Andrey; Palmisano, Alessio; Baker, David; Bidmead, Julye; Bol, Peter; Christian, David; Cook, Connie; Covey, Alan; Feinman, Gary; Júlíusson, Árni Daníel; Kristinsson, Axel; Miksic, John; Mostern, Ruth; Petrie, Cameron; Rudiak-Gould, Peter; ter Haar, Barend; Wallace, Vesna; Mair, Victor; Xie, Liye; Baines, John; Bridges, Elizabeth; Manning, Joseph; Lockhart, Bruce; Bogaard, Amy; Spencer, Charles (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2017-12-21)
    Do human societies from around the world exhibit similarities in the way that they are structured, and show commonalities in the ways that they have evolved? These are long-standing questions that have proven difficult to answer. To test between competing ...
  • Aguilar, Miguel Pic; Navarro-Adelantado, Vicente; Jonsson, Gudberg Konrad (Frontiers Media SA, 2018-01-05)
    The triad is a particular structure in which an ambivalent social relationship takes place. This work is focused on the search of behavioral regularities in the practice of motor games in triad, which is a little known field. For the detection of ...
  • Benediktsson, Artem Ingmar; Wozniczka, Anna Katarzyna; Jónsdóttir, Kriselle Lou Suson; Ragnarsdottir, Hanna (The Educational Research Institute, 2018-09-14)
    Í kjölfar aukinna fólksf lutninga síðustu áratugi hefur innf lytjendum fjölgað í háskólum á Íslandi. Þessi grein er byggð á niðurstöðum rannsóknarverkefnisins Væntingar og tækifæri innf lytjenda á Íslandi til háskólamenntunar og áskoranir henni ...
  • Hummel, Hans G. K.; Boyle, Elizabeth A.; Einarsdóttir, Sif; Petursdottir, Arna; Graur, Aurel (Informa UK Limited, 2017-11-26)
    Choosing a career is one of the most important decisions that youth has to take but many young people find this a hard issue to engage with. Current career counselling practice does not appear very compelling or motivating to young people. Professional ...
  • Drobnjak, Tijana; Meiri, Hamutal; Mandalá, Maurizio; Huppertz, Berthold; Gizurarson, Sveinbjorn (Dove Medical Press Ltd., 2018-07)
    Introduction: Human placental protein 13 (PP13) is a galectin predominantly expressed by the placenta. Low serum concentrations of PP13 in early pregnancy indicate a higher risk of developing preeclampsia. Methods: The pharmacokinetic disposition ...
  • Kleine, Barbara Irene; Stefansson, Andri; Halldórsson, Sæmundur Ari; Whitehouse, M.J.; Jónasson, Kristján (European Association of Geochemistry, 2018-04)
    Quartz formation processes in the Icelandic crust were assessed using coupled δ18O and δ30Si systematics of silica deposits formed over a wide temperature range (<150 to >550 °C). Magmatic quartz reveals δ18O (-5.6 to +6.6 ‰) and δ30Si (-0.4 ± 0.2 ‰) ...
  • Palsson, Burkni; Sigurdsson, Jakob; Sveinsson, Jóhannes Rúnar; Ulfarsson, Magnus (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2018)
    In this paper, we present a deep learning based method for blind hyperspectral unmixing in the form of a neural network autoencoder. We show that the linear mixture model implicitly puts certain architectural constraints on the network, and it effectively ...
  • Stefánsdóttir, Guðrún V.; Björnsdóttir, Kristín; Stefánsdóttir, Ástríður (Stockholm University Press, 2018)
    In this article we explore the personal autonomy of people with intellectual disabilities who require more intensive support. The authors draw on qualitative research in Iceland carried out in the homes of 24 individuals. It is demonstrated how their ...
  • Chen, Ruoqing; Fall, Katja; Czene, Kamila; Kennedy, Beatrice; Valdimarsdottir, Unnur; Fang, Fang (Dove Medical Press Ltd., 2018-05)
    Background: A parental cancer diagnosis is a stressful life event, potentially leading to increased risks of mental and physical problems among children. This study aimed to investigate the associations of parental cancer with IQ, stress resilience, ...
  • Gudbjornsson, Bjorn; Geirsson, Árni J.; Krogh, Niels Steen (Dove Medical Press Ltd., 2018-05)
    Objective: To explore differences in response to a low dosage regimen of infliximab with an escalating dosage in comparison to a standard dosage of etanercept and adalimumab in patients with psoriatic arthritis (PsA). Methods: Biologically naïve PsA ...
  • Seijmonsbergen-Schermers, Anna; de Jonge, Ank; van den Akker, Thomas; Beeckman, Katrien; Bogaerts, Annick; Barros, Monalisa; Janssen, Patricia; Binfa, Lorena; Rydahl, Eva; Frith, Lucy; Gross, Mechthild; Halfdansdottir, Berglind; Daly, Deirdre; Calleja-Agius, Jean; Gillen, Patricia; Vika Nilsen, Anne Britt; Declercq, Eugene (BMJ, 2018-01)
    Introduction There are growing concerns about the increase in rates of commonly used childbirth interventions. When indicated, childbirth interventions are crucial for preventing maternal and perinatal morbidity and mortality, but their routine use in ...
  • Murillo, F.J.; MacDonald, B.W.; Kenchington, E.; Campana, Steven; Sainte-Marie, B.; Sacau, M. (Informa UK Limited, 2018-02-15)
    We examined four species of sea pen (Anthoptilum grandiflorum, Halipteris finmarchica, Pennatula aculeata and Pennatula grandis) collected from the Gulf of St. Lawrence and mouth of the Laurentian Channel, eastern Canada. An exponential length–weight ...
  • Ragnarsdottir, Hanna; Blöndal, Hildur (Facultas Verlags und Buchhandels AG facultas Universitätsverlag, 2017)
    Introduction Immigration to Iceland has been increasing steadily since 1995 and has reached 7.4 % in 2015 (Hagstofa Íslands, 2016). This fact has brought with it new inspiration and challenges for the educational researcher that seeks to understand ...
  • Guðmundsson, Skúli; Hafstein, Sigurdur (Hindawi Limited, 2018)
    We study stability for dynamical systems specifed by autonomous stochastic diferential equations of the form dX(t) = f(X(t))dt + g(X(t))dW(t), with (X(t))t≥0 an Rd -valued Ito process and ˆ (W(t))t≥0 an RQ-valued Wiener process, and the functions f ...
  • Hálfdanardóttir, Freyja; Ramsey, Dan K.; Briem, Kristin (Hindawi Limited, 2018)
    The purpose of this study was to examine the infuence of trunk lean and contralateral hip abductor strength on the peak knee adduction moment (KAM) and rate of loading in persons with moderate medial knee osteoarthritis. Tirty-one males (17 ...
  • Klein, Sabine; Kohler, Sara; Krüerke, Daniel; Templeton, Arnoud; Weibel, Adrian; Haraldsson, Erlendur; Nahm, Michael; Wolf, Ursula (S. Karger AG, 2017-10-26)
    Hintergrund: Wissenschaftliche Studien zum mentalen Zustand sterbender Personen in den Wochen und Tagen vor dem Tod liegen bisher nur vereinzelt vor. Bekannt ist, dass die Spiritualität zum Lebensende hin eine wichtigere Rolle einnimmt als zuvor. ...
  • Loftsdóttir, Kristín (Hugvísindastofnun Háskóla Íslands, 2018)
    Á síðastliðnum árum hefur fólk á flótta orðið sýnilegra á margvíslegan hátt. Greinin bendir á brotalamir sem oft má sjá í umræðunni um fólk á flótta og innflytjendur þar sem m.a. er gengið út frá því að Evrópa hafi lengi verið aðskilin frá umheiminum ...